Henan Jiaozuo: Severe Air Pollution Red Alert
Cnal News 24th December: Jiaozuo Wanfang raised its severe air pollution level from ‘Orange’ (Level II) to ‘Red’ (Level I) at 6 PM on 23rd December, with a date of alert alleviation and cancelation yet to be determined. During the red alert period, industry producers must implement emission…
Indonesian’s 2020 NPI Output to Rise to 530 kt
24/12/19 | Nickel
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News Despite several NPI development projects underway in Indonesia, most lack a clear commencement date. Indonesian’s NPI output growth in 2020 is expected to come from Indonesian Tsingshan and Virtue Dragon (Delong). Indonesia’s NPI output is expected to increase to 530 kt (in Ni metal) in…
Domestic Al Inventory Declines by 7 kt
24/12/19 | Aluminium
Cnal News 23rd December: Total domestic aluminium inventory at China’s major store houses dropped by 7 kt from last Thursday to 597 mln t, including 115 kt in Shanghai, 191 kt in Wuxi, 56 kt in Hangzhou, 33 kt in Gongyi, 129 kt in Nanhai, 54 kt in Tianjin,…
Dongxing Al Targets 1.55 mln t Output in 2020
24/12/19 | Aluminium
Asian Metal News Gansu Dongxing Aluminium Co. Ltd, designed with 1.7 mtpy aluminium capacity, is set to reach 1.55 mln t of output in 2019, down by 4.9% y-o-y from 1.62 mln t in 2018. The company is currently running at 1.6 mtpy capacity. Gansu Dongxing Aluminium owns a 1.65…
Chalco Shandong: RMB600 mln Profits Jan.~Nov.
24/12/19 | Alumina
China Nonferrous Metals News As of end-November, Chalco Shandong had made total profits of more than RMB600 and fully accomplished the production target set by the Chalco Group. Chalco Shandong has been committed to industrial upgrades and competence enhancement during 2019 by improving the share of CGA (chemical grade…
2020 Import Tariffs on Aa and NPI Unchanged
Alu New According to China’s ‘2020 Regulations on Tariffs of Imports/Exports’, China’s annual MFN (most favored nation) import tariff rates and provisional import tariff rates on alumina and NPI will remain unchanged from 2019. Starting 1st January 2020, a 5% MFN tariff and 0% provisional tariff rate will be levied…
China to Adjust Import Tariffs on Selected Products
23/12/19 | Tungsten
China Nonferrous Metals News China will implement the provisional import tax rate, which is lower than the MFN (most favored nation) tax rate for more than 850 products, with effect from 1st January 2020. Categories of products includes food and consumer goods, medications, equipment and machine parts, and some…
Xinjiang Tianshan Al: First Aa Shipment from Guangxi
Asian Metal News Xinjiang Tianshan Aluminium Co. Ltd, a major aluminium smelter in northwestern China with 1.4 mtpy primary aluminium capacity, began transporting alumina from its Guangxi refinery to its Xinjiang primary aluminium smelter on 20th December. Xinjiang Tianshan Aluminium has a 800 ktpy alumina refinery in Guangxi.…
Liaocheng: Environmental Red Alert Has Limited Impact on Al Industry
Shanghai Nonferrous Metals News Liaocheng Shandong declared an air pollution ‘Red’ alert (Level I) on 20th December, with the date of alert alleviation and cancelation yet to be determined. During the red alert period, ‘A’ grade local primary aluminum smelters are exempted from production cuts, ‘B’ grade smelters…